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Entrepreneurship, Education and the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Africa
Naudé, Wim - 2017
The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is impacting on the industrialization options for Africa inter alia through three interrelated sets of technologies, namely automation, additive manufacturing and the Industrial Internet. In this paper I set out the case for why Africa should industrialize....
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Entrepreneurship Education and Teacher Training in Rwanda
Blimpo, Moussa - 2020
We assess, via an experiment across 207 secondary schools, how a comprehensive teacher training program affects the delivery of a major entrepreneurship curriculum reform in Rwanda. The reform introduced interactive pedagogy and a focus on business skills in the country's required upper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012824424
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Students are Almost as Effective as Professors in University Teaching
Feld, Jan - 2019
In a previous paper, we have shown that academic rank is largely unrelated to tutorial teaching effectiveness. In this paper, we further explore the effectiveness of the lowest-ranked instructors: students. We confirm that students are almost as effective as senior instructors, and we produce...
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'Teaching to Teach' Literacy
Machin, Stephen J. - 2016
Significant numbers of people have very low levels of literacy in many OECD countries and, because of this, face significant labour market penalties. Despite this, it remains unclear what teaching strategies are most useful for actually rectifying literacy deficiencies. The subject remains...
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The Impact of Entrepreneurship Education on Entrepreneurship Competencies and Intentions : An Evaluation of the Junior Achievement Student Mini-Company Program
Oosterbeek, Hessel; van Praag, Mirjam; IJsselstein, Auke - 2021
This paper analyzes the impact of a leading entrepreneurship education program on college students' entrepreneurship competencies and intentions using an instrumental variables approach in a difference-in-differences framework. We exploit that the program was offered to students at one location...
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Personality Characteristics and the Decision to Become and Stay Self-Employed
Caliendo, Marco - 2011
This paper systematically investigates whether different kinds of personality characteristics influence entrepreneurial development. On the basis of a large, representative household panel survey, we examine the extent to which the Big Five traits and further personality characteristics, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128222
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Which Institutions Encourage Entrepreneurs to Create Larger Firms?
Estrin, Saul - 2011
corruption, weaker property rights and especially intellectual property rights, and a larger state on entrepreneurs who plan to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129940
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Personal Bankruptcy Law, Wealth and Entrepreneurship : Theory and Evidence from the Introduction of a 'Fresh Start'
Fossen, Frank M. - 2011
forgiving personal bankruptcy law are less relevant for wealthy potential entrepreneurs who still risk losing their wealth, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013130785
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Trust, Positive Reciprocity, and Negative Reciprocity : Do These Traits Impact Entrepreneurial Dynamics?
Caliendo, Marco - 2010
behavior. We focus on entrepreneurs who are permanently facing exchange processes in the interplay with investors, sellers, and … reciprocity influence the exit probability of entrepreneurs; and iii) willingness to trust and to act reciprocally influences the … entrepreneurial development. Interestingly, entrepreneurs are more trustful than employees, but much less trustful than managers …
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Perceptions, Expectations, and Entrepreneurship : The Role of Extreme Events
Brück, Tilman - 2010
disasters, terrorism, and violent conflicts – on the perceptions of entrepreneurs concerning some key entrepreneurial issues … entrepreneurs and their perceptions. Using individual-level data from 43 countries from the period 2002 to 2005, we find that … of entrepreneurial activity in specific circumstances. There is hence scope for entrepreneurs, and policies supporting …
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